SEPU.L Regulatory News (SEPU)

Sepura plc

(the "Company")

Increase in Share Interests of a Director and Transaction in Own Shares 

Sepura, a leading global provider of mission-critical communications systems, announces that:

1. Gordon Watling, its Chief Executive Officer, yesterday:

(a) Exercised 157,500 options over ordinary shares of £0.0005 each ("Shares") in the Company with an exercise price of £0.0005 per Share;

(b) Sold 104,303 of the resulting Shares at an average price of 134 pence per Share in part to settle the tax liabilities arising on exercise; and

(c) Transferred 53,197 Shares for no consideration to his wife, Tonia Watling.

Following these transactions, Mr Watling has an increased interest in 134,971 Shares representing approximately 0.1% of the issued share capital of the Company. Of this balance, 81,774 Shares are held by Mr Watling personally, and 53,197 Shares are held by his wife Tonia Watling.

2. The Company has transferred 131,983 of its Shares from treasury for the purpose of satisfying part of the foregoing exercise of share options. The balance of 25,517 Shares necessary to satisfy the option exercise are being issued as new shares.

As a result, the Company currently holds no Shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 138,645,431. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in Sepura under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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